Sequels Week

Making a great sequel takes a lot more than just slapping a “2” in Roman numerals after the title.

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The 102 Best Movie Sequels of All Time

Who in the world wanted a Top Gun sequel? Not even Tom Cruise, but that didn’t stop Maverick from getting made and soaring in our ranks.

fractions Lion King 1 1/2 Makes Sense If You Were Raised on Home Video The team behind the straight-to-DVD movie banged on the wall between Disney feature animation and Disneytoon Studios until a perfect sequel fell out. By Rebecca Alter
backstories Rewriting the Behind-the-Scenes Story of Iron Man 2 The sequel was made before the MCU streamlined its operations, when ad-libbing, “writing gyrations,” and Elon Musk cameos were okay. By Chris Lee
hardest things The Hardest Sequel I Ever Wrote The writers behind Blade Runner 2049, Batman Returns, the John Wick sequels, and more on their toughest franchise gigs. By Dan Reilly and Vikram Murthi

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Who Is the Greatest Character to Come Out of a Sequel?

Here are 26 possible answers to that question. By Vulture Staff

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Creed II’s Director Almost Passed on Directing the Film

Despite having made just one previous film, Steven Caple Jr. initially felt “uncomfortable” with directing the highly anticipated Rocky spinoff sequel By Chris Lee

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The Story Behind That Wild Grown Ups 3 Script

Tom Scharpling, a big Sandler fan, explains his unofficial sequel project. By Jesse David Fox

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A Discussion of Blade Runner 2049 in 2022

What a five-year-old movie can tell us about the future of franchises and whether movies are moving backward.

let's do it again Hollywood Can’t Leave Romancing the Stone Alone The deceptively effortless-seeming Kathleen Turner–Michael Douglas romantic adventure never spawned a franchise, but not for any lack of trying. By Alison Willmore
casualties The Famous Sequels That Never Happened Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian suffered death in development, as did so many other follow-ups that could have been. By Ashley Shannon Wu

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Sequels Week

The 102 Best Movie Sequels of All Time

Who Is the Greatest Character to Come Out of a Sequel?

Creed II’s Director Almost Passed on Directing the Film

The Story Behind That Wild Grown Ups 3 Script

A Discussion of Blade Runner 2049 in 2022